The very moment a sinner accepts of the finished work of Christ in his behalf, his sins, which were many, are forgiven; he is, for Christ's sake, accounted as righteous; and that law which before could be satisfied only by his eternal death, has now no claims against him. And this justification is in its very nature complete. It admits of no increase or decrease. It can never be greater or less. Perfect at its beginning, it can never make any advancement. The aged disciple who is in character, as well as years, “quite on the verge of heaven,” is no more fully pardoned, or more free from the condemning sentence of the law, than the young convert whose spiritual birth was but yesterday.

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